Latin America experiences not only extreme rates of violence, poverty, and trauma, but also dramatic gender disparities, high rates of teen pregnancy, and limited access to healthcare services that are often low quality. At Glasswing, we believe that we all have the potential to improve our communities’ public health outcomes. We invest in clinics, hospitals, and communities throughout the region to enhance the quality of healthcare, and provide children, youth, and adults with services that will improve their overall physical, mental, and emotional health. We also implement Girls Clubs, which are aimed at shifting gender paradigms, building girls and young women’s confidence and other key social skills, providing comprehensive reproductive health education, and developing their financial and entrepreneurial capabilities. We also partner with local companies, government, and communities to improve the quality of maternal and child nutrition and other community health services in rural communities. We train healthcare professionals and first responders in basic and advanced life support, as well as trauma-informed care. We also implement Sanando Heridas (Healing Wounds), a hospital-based violence prevention program, aimed at breaking the cycle of violence by educating survivors of violence about the physiological and emotional consequences of trauma, and providing them with the tools to manage them.
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Glasswing Programs: Girls Clubs
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